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dexter.deepak
July 17th, 2008, 09:03 AM
how do i know what server-side technology (like jsp / asp), a server uses, if all the pages are opened by forwarding (eg. by jsp:forward tags), so that the url of the page doesnt change at all.

dexter.deepak
July 17th, 2008, 04:34 PM
anyone ???:(

Tony Flury
July 17th, 2008, 05:14 PM
I don't think you can - why do you need to know ?

dexter.deepak
July 17th, 2008, 05:23 PM
just to know, if someone/i can attack the website by knowing the drawbacks of the used technology.

Tony Flury
July 17th, 2008, 05:43 PM
One way to find out is to maybe look at the headers - might be some clues in there.

mssever
July 17th, 2008, 05:51 PM
You can look for things that are common to a particular technology, such as headers, URL extensions, etc. But remember that all that stuff can be forged. A URL ending in php doesn't always mean that PHP is used on that site. It could be a trick.